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Acts 27

“For many days, neither sun nor stars appeared, and the severe storm kept raging; finally all hope that we would be saved was disappearing.  Since many were going without food, Paul stood up among them and said, ‘You men should have followed my advice not to sail from Crete and sustain this damage and [...]

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Exodus 24

“The Lord said to Moses, ‘Come up to Me on the mountain and stay there so that I may give you the stone tablets with the law and commands I have written for their instruction.’  So Moses arose with his assistant Joshua, and went up to the mountain of God.  He told the elders, [...]

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Luke 16

“The master praised the unrighteous manager because he had acted so shrewdly.  For the sons of this age are more shrewd than the sons of light in dealing with their own people.  I tell you, make friends for yourselves by means of worldly wealth, so that when it fails, they may welcome you into [...]

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Luke 15

“All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to Jesus.  And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!’”  Luke 15:1-2

The idea that sinners can be restored to the Lord, as if their sin had never happened, is not an entirely New Testament concept. In 1178, [...]

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Genesis 18

“You could not possibly do such a thing: to kill the righteous with the wicked, treating the righteous and wicked alike.  You could not possibly do that!  Won’t the judge of all the earth do what is just?’”  Genesis 18:25

In Abraham’s day, the story of Noah must have still been fresh on the world’s [...]

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The Revelation 16

“Look, I am coming like a thief.  Blessed is the one who is alert and remains clothed so that he may not go naked, and they see his shame.”  Revelation 16:15

“…for you know very well that the day of the Lord will come like a thief in the night. While people are saying, [...]

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Luke 14

“Now the great crowds were traveling with Him.  So He turned and said to them: ‘If anyone comes to Me and does not hate his own father and mother, wife and children, brothers and sisters – yes, and even his own life – he cannot be My disciple.  Whoever does not bear his own [...]

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Acts 26

“King Agrippa, do you believe the prophets?  I know that you believe.”  And Agrippa said to Paul, “In a short time would you persuade me to be a Christian?”  And Paul said, “Whether short or long, I would to God that not only you but also all who hear me this day might become [...]

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Exodus 23

“For I will place the inhabitants of the land under your control, and you will drive them out ahead of you.  You must not make a covenant with them or their gods.  They must not remain in your land, or else they will make you sin against Me.  If you worship their gods, it [...]

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Luke 15

“All the tax collectors and sinners were approaching to listen to Jesus.  And the Pharisees and scribes were complaining, ‘This man welcomes sinners and eats with them!’”  Luke 15:1-2

The idea that sinners can be restored to the Lord, as if their sin had never happened, is not an entirely New Testament concept. In 1178, [...]

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